Two decades after the start of the
Oslo process there are more settlers and
settlements in the West Bank today than ever
before. Panelists will discuss whether the
two-state solution is still viable, what
challenges Palestinian reconciliation and
representation present and evaluate Palestinian
strategies for
liberation.

Ms. Noura
ErakatFreedman
Teaching FellowTemple Law
SchoolNoura
Erakat is a human rights attorney and
activist. She is currently the Freedman
Teaching Fellow at the Temple Law School, and
is the US-based Legal Advocacy Coordinator for
Badil Center for Palestinian Refugee and
Residency Rights. Most recently she served as
Legal Counsel for a Congressional Subcommittee
in the House of Representatives, chaired by
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich. Her
publications include “Litigating the
Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Politicization
anthology," and “BDS in the USA: 2001-2010,” in
the Middle East Report. She is a Co-Editor of
Jadaliyya.com.

Mr. Khaled ElgindyFellow, Saban
Center for Middle East PolicyBrookings
InstitutionKhaled Elgindy is a Fellow
with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at
the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He
previously served as an advisor to the
Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on permanent
status negotiations with Israel from 2004-2009,
and was a key participant in the Annapolis
negotiations of 2008. He is the author of
numerous publications on Arab-Israeli affairs,
Palestinian politics, Egypt’s transition, and
related subjects, including: “The Middle East
Quartet: A Post-Mortem” (Brookings Institution,
Feb. 2012); “Palestine Goes to the UN:
Understanding the New Statehood Strategy,”
Foreign Affairs (Sep./Oct. 2011); as well as
“The Impact on the Peace Process: Peacemaker or
Peacebreaker?” (with Salman Shaikh) and “The
Palestinians: Between National Liberation and
Political Legitimacy,” both in the recent
Brookings volume, The Arab Awakening: America
and the Transformation of the Middle East (Nov.
2011).

Ms.
Leila HilalDirector, Middle
East Task ForceNew
America FoundationLeila Hilal is Director of
the New America Foundation Middle East Task
Force, which covers in-depth analysis and
commentary on the Middle East and North Africa.
From 2002 to 2007, she served as a legal
adviser to the Palestinian Negotiations
Department. She also advised the Palestinian
Constitutional Committee during the drafting of
the Basic Law. She has also consulted widely
and published on conflict mediation policies in
the Middle East, including for the Chatham
House, International Development Research
Center, International Center for Transitional
Justice, Institute for Historical Justice and
Reconciliation, and the Euro-Med Human Rights
Network.